Wattles

Such sexual selection results in the males of these species, including the Guianan cock-of-the-rock, being brightly coloured, or decorated with plumes or wattles, like the umbrella birds, with their umbrella-like crest and long throat wattles.

Most wattles have flat leaves/fronds which is a water conservation feature.

MassWildlife’s Black Bear and Furbearer Project Leader Dave Wattles said with the pandemic shutting down dense metropolises since March, people who have been venturing outdoors more often also have more opportunities for chance bear encounters.

Australian species are usually called wattles, while African and American species tend to be known as acacias.

In his book on the golden rule, Jeffrey Wattles makes the similar observation that such objections typically arise while applying the golden rule in certain general ways (namely, ignoring differences in taste, in situation, and so forth).

Wattles, p. 6 An article by Jouni Reinikainen develops this suggestion in greater detail.

With no major mountain ranges or rivers to prevent their spread, the wattles began to spread all over the continent as it dried and fires became more common.